Accession No
1948.1471 A
Description
Small cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular central panel of headplate decorated with punchmarks; narrow rectangular wings; half round top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with broad transverse grooved lines; large flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1471 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
75mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card notes: 'Not possible to identify with description in list of graves'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Cruciform. Small in size. Rounded knobs. Panelled head. Very large crescentic foot. A hybrid between the small-long and the cruciform brooch
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 102. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (Not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular central panel of headplate decorated with punchmarks; narrow rectangular wings; half round top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with broad transverse grooved lines; large flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15842
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